Hi my dear friends,so last year was eventful as in i traveled to India on 30th of Jan and came back to USA on 4th of Nov, i.e 9 months ,me and my husband had a long distance relationship again. But it was inevitable as i dint meet my parents for almost two years ,i was waiting to meet my dad who had a small health glitch and i wanted to be by his side on his journey of getting back to good health and fitness and also to do few of my professional unfinished business back in India and also i got my first medical publication done,that apart i spent a lot of time with my parents and in laws which was great and attended lot of parties too,ate all the delicious food which i missed here in the USA especially the ones cooked by my mom. Also my best friend got engaged ,and another best friend had a baby so i got to meet both of them who are extremely important in my life. Also i attend few of my friends and relatives Marriages,met my cousins and did a whole lot of shopping. Yet again it was time for me to get back to USA,of course my dad was upset as i was leaving but we managed our emotions. I had mixed emotions as my parents are my life and its extremely difficult for me to say goodbye to them but again i was excited to get back to my husband. So here with my husband professionally another story was going on. We lived in Massachusetts but during the time of May,June 2018 my Husband had got a greater opportunity at California,so we both decided to move to California. But as i was not by his side,he had to literally do everything by himself,selling stuff,packing,everything and by the time i had to come,he had moved to California. I landed directly in California,but i dint get a chance to say goodbye to our first apartment together at Danvers , Massachusetts,i have innumerable memories there. I still miss it.
So then here i was in California,and when i was in India itself i applied for my USMLE exam and i got my date fixed to May/June/July slot. My goal in 2019 was all about my career,to be done with my exams and apply for residency. I started working on my goal of studying hard and slowly also setting up our home in California.
And then came 2019 ,it started with a bang and a great surprise which we had not expected .So my periods were almost ten days late and i started feeling extremely weird,like i felt very nauseous seeing Indian food,had backpain,and had very bad metallic taste going on. I told Sudhama about it and on 26th Jan 2019 we drove to CVS and brought a pregnancy test,i somehow had a feeling that i was pregnant and voila i was right.! First test came positive,i could'nt believe my eyes and i did another which also came positive.! It was a very special and emotional moment for us,we couldnt believe our eyes. Tears swelled up in our eyes and we were ecstatic. We immediately called our parents back in India who were sleeping and shared the good news with them.They were on cloud 9 too. We then did our research for good OBGYN and booked our first prenatal appointment.
FIRST TRIMESTER UPDATE :
This is all together another story. My first trimester which
will be done by this weekend is pretty eventful.
HOW FAR ALONG?
As i type this i am 12 weeks 3 days.
SYMPTOMS?
Food aversions
Hyperemesis Gravidarum - I had extreme nausea and vomiting ,could'nt eat a lot of food. Threw up almost daily
Sensitive to smell - I could'nt take the smell of my perfume too ,it made me nauseous. Spices,fish smell,just about any smell made me nauseous.
Metallic taste
No food cravings
MATERNITY CLOTHES
Not yet.But slowly my belly is popping out so i think its time to go for some shopping.!
SLEEP
Sometimes it is sound sleep but sometimes it is not.Overall its good.
BEST MOMENT THIS WEEK
I had my nuchal translucency test done this week,Doc said everything looks normal,cervix looked normal and placenta is posterior which is good. We saw our baby grown a bit from the first two scans and it made me wonder how fast babies develop. Baby's heartbeat is 155bpm.We also told our doc that we did not want to know the gender as we wanted it be a surprise but by 12th week we can actually know the gender.This was the third scan .So this test was referred by our OBGYN to another physician who is a specialist in fetal medicine. Usually NT assessment is done during 12-13th week of pregnancy to know if there is any risk of Downs syndrome and other genetic tests.Doc did an abdominal USG and also a transvaginal USG and said all looks good. Hearing all this i felt very relieved and satisfied.
BABY MOVEMENT
I dont know what i felt qualifies for baby movement but one day when i was drinking water felt something moving. So only that as about now.
So thats about it.Will be updating regularly.
Love Shruti.
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